1864
3/1864 – Sons of Temperance boasts over 250 members in Virginia City and Gold Hill.
1864 – Major fire destroys portion of Divide between Virginia City and Gold Hill.
9/7/1864 – Nevada state constitution approved by voters.
10/31/1864 – Lincoln signs legislation admitting Nevada to the Union.
12/1864 – Silver production on the Comstock rises to $15,795,585, about $224.1 million in 2010 dollars.

1865
4/9/1865 – Surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse.
4/15/1865 – Lincoln is assassinated.
12/1865 – Value of stocks on the Comstock drops to $4 million from $40 million two years prior.
12/1865 – Silver production on the Comstock declines to $15,184,877, about $220.1 million in 2010 dollars.

1866
1866-67 winter – 44 blizzards in the Sierras, hampering the workers boring Summit Tunnel for the transcontinental railroad.
12/1866 – Silver production on the Comstock declines to $14,167,071, about $214.7 million in 2010 dollars.

1867
6/7/1867 – Consolidated Virginia mine is formed by merger of Central #2, Kinney, White and Murphy, and Sides.
6/19/67 – Cave-in at 100 foot level of Chollar-Potosi mine creates sinkhole 200 feet wide at the surface, swallowing a dry-goods store.
12/1867 – Silver production on the Comstock declines to $13,738,618, about $218.1 million in 2010 dollars.

1868
3/1868 – William Sharon wins battle for control of the Hale & Norcross mine.
5/29/1868 – Earthquake at Tahoe of 6.0 magnitude cracks brick buildings in Virginia City.
9/1868 – Ore in Hale & Norcross exhausted; stock price drops to $41 from over $10,000 in February.
12/1868 – Silver production on the Comstock declines to $12,418,023, about $207.0 million in 2010 dollars.

1869
2/1869 – Mackay and Fair gain control of the apparently-defunct Hale & Norcross mine.
3/1869 – Last ore body in Crown Point peters out; Lode is exhausted.
3/1869 – New ore body is discovered in Hale & Norcross mine.
3/12/1869 – Fire in central section of Virginia City.
4/7/1869 – Major fire in the Yellow Jacket mine; explosion drives fire into the neighboring mines.
5/10/1869 – Transcontinental railroad is completed; trip east goes from six months to six days.
12/1869 – Production from Comstock mines plunges to $7,528,607, , about $125.5 million in 2010 dollars, its lowest point since inception.

1870
3/1870 – Further major ore discoveries in the Hale & Norcross mine, ensuring profitability for several years.
6/1870 – Ore pinches out in all mines except the Hale & Norcross, work on the rest of the Lode is suspended.
7/5/1870 – Major fire destroys central section of Gold Hill, south of Virginia City.
8/8/1870 – Fistfight between Irish and Cornish miners turns into full scale riot.
10/25/1870 – Major fire destroys central section of Virginia City.
12/1870 – Silver production on the Comstock, bolstered by additional discoveries in the Hale & Norcross mine, rises to $8,319,698, about $146.0 million in 2010 dollars.

1871
1/1/1871 – New ore body in the Crown Point Mine revitalizes the entire Lode.
2/1/1871 – Major fire destroys central section of Virginia City.
3/24/1871 – Vigilante organization (601) abducts a suspected arsonist from city jail and lynches him.
7/2/1871 – Amazonian 601, an all women vigilante group, forms to combat wife beaters.
7/18/1871 – Last vigilante hanging in Virginia City.
8/20/1871 – Major fire destroys central section of Virginia City.
12/1871 – Silver production on the Comstock, bolstered by major find in the Crown Point mine, rises to $11,053,328, about $204.7 million in 2010 dollars.

1872
1/11/1872 – Mackay, Flood, Fair and O’Brien take control of the Consolidated Virginia mine.
6/1872 – Rock walls in Yellow Jacket mine still red-hot three years after 1869 fire.
11/9/1872 – Great Boston Fire, massive losses; firefighting efforts paralyzed by equine epidemic.
12/1872 – Silver production on the Comstock rises to $13,569,724, about $251.3 million in 2010 dollars.

1874
10/30/1874 – Fire in the Belcher mine south of the Yellow Jacket and Crown Point mines in Gold Hill destroys the air shaft and releases column of flame 500 feet high.
12/1874 – Silver production on the Comstock rises further to $22,400,783, about $439.2 million in 2010 dollars.

1875
1/8/1875 – Silver stock market collapses.
8/26/1875 – Bank of California shuts its doors due to bank run; reopens 10/2/1875.
10/26/1875 – Fire destroys most of Virginia City; 33 city blocks burned to the ground, but the mines were spared.
12/1875 – Silver production on the Comstock rises further to $26,023,036, about $525.7 million in 2010 dollars.

1876
12/1876 – Production from Comstock mines soars to $38,048,146, , about $792.7 million in 2010 dollars, its all time high.

1877
12/1877 – Production from Comstock mines declines to $37,062,252, about $772.1 million in 2010 dollars.

1878
12/1878 – Production from Comstock mines plunges to $20,436,685, about $469.8 million in 2010 dollars.

1879
12/1879 – Production from Comstock mines plummets by over 65% to $7,477,591, about $178.0 million in 2010 dollars.

1880
12/1879 – Production from Comstock mines collapses to $1,903,132, about $43.7 million in 2010 dollars, and never recovers.